Me and a buddy of mine just went picking today from a guys who deals with a lot of car parts. He had 5 or 6 old bikes laying around that we picked up. I was able to pick up a Monark Silver King and a Columbia, my buddy picked up a pre-war skip-tooth Hawthorne. Really decent shape for their age. Don't know too much about the Monark other than it looks like an old board tracker with the handlebars flipped over, long square tank sits between the backbone and the downtube. Springer front end with a headlight and a beehive tailight on the rear fender. The columbia and the Hawthorne look almost original. The Hawthorned has a really cool headlight that reminds me of the E & J (Edmunds & Jones) aftermarket headlights from the 30's I don' t have pics of the bikes as it was too dark and the bikes have been relegated to the shed for now. I will post pics soon as I know this thread is useless without pics :lol:
Pretty stoked about the bikes, don't know too much about the years, may need some help from you guys identifying the years and models .
Here is a pic of the pre-war Hawthorne. Cool paint job with the stars and ligthing bolt which looks like the stock paint job. Anybody have any Hawthorne information?
Fryguy
Pretty stoked about the bikes, don't know too much about the years, may need some help from you guys identifying the years and models .
Here is a pic of the pre-war Hawthorne. Cool paint job with the stars and ligthing bolt which looks like the stock paint job. Anybody have any Hawthorne information?
Fryguy
